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FARMERS AND THE RAIN

Exercise1: ask and answer the different questions meaningfully

A: hello ngor! (You /finish)……………………preparing your farms for this season?

B: No, I………………… I am waiting for the first rain

A: ……………………………………………………………………………...?

B: I am going to grow many different types of cereals

A: well I hope the government have already given the fertilizers,…………………………?

B: Of course, it………………………but I haven’t received my part yet

A: ………………………………………………………………………………….?

B: The chief of the village will distribute it tomorrow

A: well may God give us a lot of rain

B: Amen

Exercise2: Put the verbs in the right form or tense

From mid-may till now, farmers (wait)……………………..for the first rain. This rarity of rain (not /know) …………………………in the 1980s. Due to climate change, the rain (become)………………….. more and more rare. Let’s hope that solutions (take)…………………….very soon to solve this phenomenon.

Exercise3: fill in the gaps with the right form of words between brackets

In the (tradition)…………………society, people would organize feast to call the rain. And most  of the time it (automatic)……………………rains after the prayers. But now many people do not believe in these rites, they think that it’s a (child)………………..thought.

Exercise4: replace (if) with the most appropriate conjunction

1. If farmers were given financial and material means, they would have good harvests

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

2. If Wade had won the elections, do you think that he would have helped the farmers?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………..

3. The banks can lend farmers a lot of money if they accept to pay with interests

…………………………………………………………………………………………………..

4. If there is not enough rain, what the farmers do in order to nourish their families?

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

5. There are some faithful politicians if you give them billions, they won’t change party

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Good luck!